Carmen Belafi
What she does at FiBS
Carmen Belafi joined us in June 2023 as a Senior Researcher in the area of school research. Her projects mainly involve qualitative analyses of the German education system.
Selected projects
Stimmungsbild für das gesamte deutsche Bildungssystem Cornelsen Bildungsindex 2023
Wissenschaftliches Begleitprojekt zum großskaligen Aufbau der Produktion von grünem Wasserstoff, Methanol und Dimethylether in Chile. „Power-to-MEDME-FuE“ Teilprojekt zu Capacity Development
Wissenschaftliches Begleitprojekt zum großskaligen Aufbau der Produktion von grünem Wasserstoff, Methanol und Dimethylether in Chile. „Power-to-MEDME-FuE“ Teilprojekt zu Capacity Development
Career
What she brings to the table
Carmen Belafi is a political scientist with many years of experience in international education cooperation and education research, especially in low- and middle-income countries. She is interested in how education systems are structured and how actors in this system can better collaborate to enable educational success. She is also interested in how education can succeed under conditions of crisis and conflict.
How she got started
Carmen Belafi graduated in Political Science (B.A.) and Peace and Conflict Studies (M.A.) in Tübingen and Cape Town with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia.
Her previous positions
Before joining FiBS, Ms. Belafi was responsible for education policy at a development NGO. She then moved to the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, where she worked for the research program 'Research on Improving Systems of Education' (RISE) as a research associate in the directorate. Here, her focus was on the analysis of policy frameworks and governance factors that influence the functionality and effectiveness of education systems. Most recently, she was an officer for early crisis detection, conflict analysis, and strategic foresight at the German Foreign Office.